Independence Day Speech by President Trump

Below is the transcript of the speech from youtube, apologies for the awkward way it's transcribed, it's just how it is and I don't have the time to painstackingly remove the time stamps and edit. I couldn't find the full transcript anywhere so this will have to do. Or you could watch the video, since it wasn't broadcast on the television.


hello America hello
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the first lady and I wish each and every
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one of you a happy Independence Day on
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this truly historic 4th of July today we
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come together as one nation with this
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very special salute to America we
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celebrate our history our people and the
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heroes who proudly defend our flag the
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brave men and women of the United States
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military we are pleased to have with us
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vice president Mike Pence and his
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wonderful wife Karen we're also joined
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by many hard-working members of Congress
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acting Secretary of Defense mark Esper
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and many other members of my cabinet and
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also the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
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Staff General Joe Dunford thank you
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thank you thank you
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Lieutenant General Daniel Hawkinson of
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the National Guard and distinguished
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leaders representing each branch of the
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United States Armed Forces the Army Navy
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Air Force Coast Guard Marines and very
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soon
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the space force
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as we gather this evening in the joy of
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freedom we remember that all share a
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truly extraordinary heritage together we
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are part of one of the greatest stories
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ever told the story of America it is the
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epic tale of a great nation whose people
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have risked everything for what they
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know is right and what they know is true
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it is the chronicle of brave citizens
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who never give up on the dream of a
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better and brighter future and it is the
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saga of thirteen separate colonies that
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United to form the most just and
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virtuous Republic ever conceived on this
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day two hundred and forty three years
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ago our founding fathers pledged their
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lives their fortunes and their sacred
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honor to declare independence and defend
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our god-given rights Thomas Jefferson
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wrote the words that forever changed the
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course of humanity we hold these truths
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to be self-evident that all men are
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created equal that they are endowed by
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their creator with certain unalienable
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rights that among these are life liberty
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and the pursuit of happiness
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with a single sheet of parchment and 56
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signatures America began the greatest
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political journey in human history but
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on that day the Patriots who would
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determine the ultimate success of the
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struggle were a hundred miles away in
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New York there the Continental Army
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prepared to make its stand
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commanded by the beloved General George
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Washington as the delegates debated the
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declaration in Philadelphia
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Washington's army watched from Manhattan
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as a massive British invading fleet
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loomed dangerously across New York
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Harbor the British had come to crush the
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revolution in its infancy
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Washington's message to his troops laid
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bare the stakes
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he wrote the fate of unborn millions
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will now depend under God on the courage
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and conduct of this army we have
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therefore to resolve to conquer or die
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days later General Washington ordered
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the declaration read aloud to the troops
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the assembled soldiers just joined an
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excited crowd running down Broadway they
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toppled the statue of King George and
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melted it into bullets for battle
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the faraway King would soon learn a
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timeless lesson about the people of this
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majestic land Americans love our freedom
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and no one will ever take it away from
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us
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that same American spirit that
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emboldened our founders has kept us
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strong throughout our history to this
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day that spirit runs through the veins
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of every American patriot it lives on
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and each and every one of you here today
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it is the spirit daring and defiance
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excellence and adventure courage and
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confidence loyalty and love that built
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this country into the most exceptional
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nation in the history of the world and
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our nation is stronger today than it
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ever was before it is its strongest now
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[Applause]
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that same righteous American spirit
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forged our glorious Constitution that
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rugged American character led the
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legendary explorers Lewis and Clark on
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their perilous expedition across an
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untamed continent
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it drove others to journey west and
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stake out their claim on the wild
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frontier devotion to our founding ideals
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let American patriots to abolish the
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evil of slavery secure civil rights and
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expand the blessings of liberty to all
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Americans this is the noble purpose that
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inspired Abraham Lincoln to rededicate
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our nation to a new birth of freedom and
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to resolve that we will always have a
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government of By and For the People
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our quest for greatness unleashed a
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culture of discovery that led Thomas
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Edison to imagine his lightbulb
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Alexander Graham Bell to create the
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telephone the Wright brothers to look to
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the sky and see the next great frontier
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for Americans nothing is impossible
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exactly fifty years ago this month the
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world watched in all as Apollo 11
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astronauts launched into space with a
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wake of fire and nerves of steel and
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planted our great American flag on the
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face of the moon half a century later we
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are thrilled to have here tonight the
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famed NASA flight director who led
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Mission Control during that historic
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endeavor the renowned Gene Kranz
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[Applause]
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Gina I want you to know that we're going
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to be back in the moon very soon and
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someday soon we will plant the American
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flag on Mars happening Gina it's
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happening our nation's creativity and
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genius lit up the lights of Broadway and
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the sound stages of Hollywood it filled
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the concert halls and airwaves around
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the world with the sound of jazz opera
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country rock and roll and rhythm and
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blues it gave birth to the musical the
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motion picture the Western the World
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Series the Super Bowl the skyscraper the
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suspension bridge the assembly line and
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the mighty American Automobile it led
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our citizens to push the bounds of
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medicine and science to save the lives
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of millions here with us this evening is
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dr. Emanuel Frye ranked when Emanuel
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began his work 99 percent of children
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with leukemia died thanks largely to dr.
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fryer Ike's breakthrough treatments
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currently 90% of those with the most
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common childhood leukemias survive dr.
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you are a great American hero thank you
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[Applause]
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Americans always take care of each other
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that love and unity held together the
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first pilgrims it forged communities on
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the Great Plains it inspired Clara
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Barton to found the Red Cross and it
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keeps our nation thriving today here
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tonight from the Florida Panhandle is
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Tina Belcher her selfless generosity
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over three decades has made her known to
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all as mrs. angel every time a hurricane
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strikes
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mrs. angel turns her tiny kitchen into a
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disaster Relief Center on a single day
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after Hurricane Michael she gave 476
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people a warm meal mrs. angel your
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boundless heart inspires us all thank
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you
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[Applause]
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thank you very much from our earliest
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days Americans of faith have uplifted
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our nation this evening we're joined by
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sister Deirdre Bern
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sister Bern is a retired Army surgeon
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who served for nearly 30 years on
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September 11 2001 the sister raced to
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ground zero through smoke and debris she
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administered first aid and comfort to
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all today sister Bern runs a medical
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clinic serving the poor in our nation's
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capital sister thank you for your
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lifetime of service thank you
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our nation has always honored the heroes
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who serve our communities the
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firefighters first responders police
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sheriff's ice Border Patrol and all of
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the brave men and women of law
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enforcement
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on this July 4th we pay special tribute
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to the military service members who laid
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down their lives for our nation we are
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deeply moved to be in the presence this
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evening of gold star families whose
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loved ones made the supreme sacrifice
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thank you
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[Applause]
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thank you very much throughout our
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history our country has been made ever
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greater by citizens who risked it all
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for equality and for justice 100 years
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ago this summer
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the women's suffrage movement led
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Congress to pass the constitutional
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amendment giving women the right to vote
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in 1960 a thirst for justice led
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african-american students to sit down at
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the Woolworth lunch counter in
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Greensboro North Carolina it was one of
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the very first civil rights sit-ins and
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it started a movement all across our
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nation
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Clarence Henderson was 18 years old when
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he took his place in history almost six
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decades later he is here tonight in a
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seat of Honor
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Clarence thank you for making this
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country a much better place for all
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America
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in 1963 Reverend Martin Luther King jr.
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stood here on these very steps and
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called on our nation to live out the
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true meaning of its Creed and let
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freedom ring for every citizen all
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across our land
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America's fearless resolve has inspired
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heroes who defined our national
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character from George Washington John
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Adams and Betsy Ross to Douglas
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you know Frederick Douglas the great
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Frederick Douglas Harriet Tubman Amelia
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Earhart Douglas MacArthur Dwight
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Eisenhower Jackie Robinson and of course
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John Glenn
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it is willed our warriors up mountains
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and across minefields it has liberated
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continents split the atom and brought
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tyrants and empires to their knees here
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with us this evening
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his Earl Morse after retiring from the
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Air Force Earl worked at a VA hospital
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in Ohio Earl found that many World War
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two veterans could not afford to visit
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their memorial on the National Mall so
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Earl began the very first honor flights
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that have now brought over two hundred
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thousand World War two heroes to visit
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America's Monument Earl thank you we
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salute you thank you
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thank you thank you thank you
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our warriors from a hallowed roll-call
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of american patriots running all the way
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back to the first souls who fought in
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one american independence today just as
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it did 243 years ago the future of
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American freedom rests on the shoulders
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of men and women willing to defend it we
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are proudly joined tonight by heroes
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from each branch of the u.s. armed
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forces including three recipients of the
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Congressional Medal of Honor thank you
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they and thousands before us served with
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immense distinction and they loved every
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minute of that service to young
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Americans across our country now is your
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chance to join our military and make a
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truly great statement in life and you
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should do it we will now begin our
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celebration of the United States Armed
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Forces honoring each branch is unique
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culture rich history service song and
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distinct legacy I invite acting
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secretary please marquez / Secretary of
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Defense and chairman Dunford head of the
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Joint Chiefs of Staff please join me
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[Applause]
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in August of 1790 by request of George
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Washington and Alexander Hamilton
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Congress established a fleet of ten
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Swift vessels to defend our shores these
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revenue cutters would fight pirates top
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smugglers and safeguard our borders they
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are the ancestors of our faithful Coast
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Guard when our ships were seized in
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sailors kidnapped by foreign powers in
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1812 it was a Revenue Cutter the Swift
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schooner Thomas Jefferson that swept in
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to capture the first British vessel of
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the war in 1897 when 265 whalers were
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trapped in ice and the ice fields of
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Alaska were closing up courageous
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officers trekked 1500 miles through the
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frozen frontier to rescue those starving
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men from certain death in 1942 the Coast
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Guard manned landing craft for invasions
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in the Pacific when the enemy attacked
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US Marines from the shores of
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Guadalcanal Coast Guard single men first
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last Douglas Munro used his own boat to
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shield his comrades from pounding
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gunfire Munro gave His life hundreds of
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Marines were saved as he lay dying on
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the deck his final question embodied
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devotion that sails with every Coast
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Guardsman did they get off
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on d-day the Coast Guard's famous
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matchbox fleet sir valiantly through
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every hour of the greatest amphibious
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invasion in the history of our country
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one Coxon said the water boiled with
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bullets like a mud puddle in hailstone
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but still the Coast Guard brave death to
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put our boys on Utah and Omaha beaches
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every Coast Guardsman is trusted to put
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service before all coasties plunge from
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helicopters and barrel through pouring
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rain and crashing waves to save American
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lives they secure our borders from drug
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runners and terrorists in rough seas at
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high speeds their sharpshooters take out
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smugglers engines with a single shot
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they never miss when the red racing
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stripes of a coast guard vessel break
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the horizon when their chopper blades
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pierce the sky those in distress know
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that the help is on their way and our
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enemies know their time has come these
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guardians of our waters stand semper
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paratus
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they are always ready
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they are the United States Coast Guard
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representing the Coast Guard today you
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will soon see an hh-60 jayhawk
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helicopter based at Coast Guard Air
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Station Clearwater along with an hh-60
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five dolphin from Air Station Atlantic
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City and an HC 144 ocean sentry from Air
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Station Miami
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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thank you thank you to the Coast Guard
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on a cold December morning in 1903 a
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miracle occurred over the dunes of Kitty
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Hawk North Carolina when two bicycle
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makers from Ohio defied gravity with a
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12 horsepower engine wings made of
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cotton and just a few dollars in their
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pockets just six years later America was
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training its first pilots to take these
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magnificent machines up and over the
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field of battle in World War one our fly
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boys rushed the skies of Europe and aces
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like Eddie Rickenbacker filled hearts
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and headlines with tales of daring duels
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and the clouds general Billy Mitchell
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saw the promise of this technology and
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risk court-martial in his quest for an
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independent air force he was proven
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right when empires across the oceans
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tried to carve up the world for
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themselves and America stood in the way
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we wouldn't let it happen
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after Pearl Harbor Lieutenant Colonel
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James Doolittle and his Raiders flew
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b-25 bombers off a carrier deck in the
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deep Pacific in a daring feat of
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American resolve and as President
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Roosevelt said the Nazis built the
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fortress around Europe but they forgot
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to put a roof on it
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so we crushed them all from the air 177
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Liberator bombers flew dangerously low
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through broad daylight without fighter
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protection to cripple the Nazi war
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machine at Ploiesti more than 300 Airmen
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gave their lives to destroy the enemy
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oil refiners and five pilots were
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awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
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for their actions in that single raid it
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was airman Chuck Yeager who first broke
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the sound barrier
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it was Airmen like Gus Chris and Buzz
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Aldrin who traded their Sabre jets for
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rockets to the Stars and it is our
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incredible airmen today who wield the
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most powerful weapon systems on the
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planet earth for over 65 years no enemy
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Air Force has managed to kill a single
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American soldier because the skies
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belong to the United States of America
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no enemy has attacked our people without
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being met by a roar of thunder and the
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awesome might of those who bid farewell
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to earth and soar into the wild blue
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yonder
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they are the united states air force
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representing the air force you will soon
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see beautiful brand-new f-22 Raptors
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from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia
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and one magnificent b-2 stealth bomber
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from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Applause]
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what a great country in October of 1775
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the Continental Congress ordered the
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construction of two Swift sailing
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vessels each carrying ten cannons and 80
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men to sail eastward our young fleet
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tested their sea legs against the most
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powerful Navy the world has ever seen
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John Paul Jones America's first great
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naval hero said I wish to have no
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connection with any ship that does not
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sail fast for I intend to go in harm's
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way he got his wish many times when his
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ship was shot into pieces off the coast
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of England
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by a British vessel and her four dozen
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guns when demanded to surrender Jones
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very famously declared I have not yet
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begun to fight
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when our Navy begins fighting they
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finish the job the war of 1812 Captain
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James Lawrence fell with his brothers on
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the USS Chesapeake his dying command
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gained immortality don't give up the
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ship in the Battle of Mobile Bay Admiral
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David Farragut lashed himself to the
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rigging of his flagship to see beyond
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the cannon-smoke crying damn the
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torpedoes full speed ahead
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in World War two
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it was aviators launched from the
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carrier enterprise Hornet Yorktown who
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filled the skies of Midway and turned
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the tide of the Pacific War nobody could
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beat us nobody could come close on d-day
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çb engineers came ashore to destroy
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blockades and barriers making way for
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the invasion many lost their lives but
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they took the German defenses with them
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and our main crushed upon the beaches
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like a mighty storm from the naval
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demolition units of world war ii arose a
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force that became famous in that mekong
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delta they don't want to see our force
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again the very best of the very best the
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Navy SEALs
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it was the seals who delivered vengeance
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on the terrorists who planned the
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September 11th attack on our homeland
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it was the seals who stand ready to
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bring righteous retribution in mountain
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jungle desert to those who do us harm
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America's sailors are not born they are
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forged by the sea their traditions are
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rich with the salt and blood of three
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centuries when Old Glory crests the
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waves of far insurance every friend and
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every foe knows that justice sails those
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waters it sails with the United States
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Navy representing our great Navy today
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will be two f-18 Super Hornets from
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Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia
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along with two f-35 Lightning from Naval
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Air Station Lemoore in California
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[Music]
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so great in November of 1775 the
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Continental Congress created two
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battalions of a new kind of warrior one
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who kept and would protect our ships and
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sailors and be at home both ashore and
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the mast with musket in hand their
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versatility was proven in the War of
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Independence when 234 Continental
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Marines conducted their first amphibious
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ray capturing the British supply of
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gunpowder and cannons at Fort Nassau
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ever since Marines have fought in every
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American war their legend has grown and
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grown and grown with each passing year
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it was the Marines who won America's
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first overseas battle vanquishing
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Barbary pirates on the shores of Tripoli
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their high stiff collar which shielded
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them from the pirate sword earned them
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the immortal name Leatherneck
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it was the Marines who after two long
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days of battle marched through the halls
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of Montezuma it was the Marines who took
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heavy casualties to kick the kaisers
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troops out of Bella wood in World War
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one earning the title devil dogs and it
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was the Marines who raised the flag on
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the black sands of Iwo Jima
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from the Chosun reservoir to Khe Sanh
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from Helmand to Baghdad Marines have
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struck fear into the hearts of our
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enemies and put solace into the hearts
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of our friends Marines always lead the
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way after the 1983 Marine barracks
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bombing in Beirut which claimed the
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lives of 241 great US servicemen Marine
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Sergeant Jeff green Ashton lay in
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bandages so badly wounded barely alive
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when the Commandant of the Marine Corps
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came to visit his hospital sergeant Nash
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tan had to feel for the generals collar
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he wanted to feel his four stars he
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could not see and he could not speak he
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signaled for pen and paper and with
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shaking hand he wrote two words Semper
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Fi that motto semper fidelis always
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faithful burns in the soul of every
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Marine a sacred promise the Corps has
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kept since the birth of our country they
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are the elite masters of air and land
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and sea on battlefields all across the
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globe
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they are the United States Marines
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representing the Marine Corps today will
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be a brand new vh 92 soon to serve as
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marine 1 along with two v-22 Ospreys
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from the famed HM x1 helicopter squadron
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at Quantico the night Hawks
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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in June of 1775 the Continental Congress
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created a unified army out of the
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revolutionary forces encamped around
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Boston and New York and named after the
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great George Washington
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commander-in-chief the Continental Army
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suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge
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found glory across the waters of the
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Delaware and seized victory from
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Cornwallis of Yorktown our army man the
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amperes it Rand the ramparts it took
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over the airports it did everything it
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had to do and at Fort McHenry under the
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Rockets red glare it had nothing but
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victory and when Dawn came their
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star-spangled banner waved defiant at
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shiloh Antietam and Gettysburg our
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soldiers gave the last full measure of
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devotion for the true unity of our
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nation and the freedom of all Americans
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in the trenches of World War one an Army
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sergeant named Alvin York faced an
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inferno of m-v fire and refused to
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retreat he said I won't leave I won't
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stop he shot his rifle 18 times killing
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18 of the enemy when they fixed bayonets
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and charged he killed seven more the
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entire German machine gun battalion
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surrendered because of one man Alvin
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York a generation later the army
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returned to Europe and embarked upon a
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great crusade with knives and rifles in
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hand
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the Rangers scale the cliffs of Normandy
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the 101st airborne left into the danger
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from above illuminated only by enemy
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explosions and burning aircraft they
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threw back then that's the empire with
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lightening of their own from the turrets
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of Sherman tanks and the barrels of the
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m1 rifle in the darkness of the Battle
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of the Bulge with Nazis on every side
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one soldier is reported to have said
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they've got to surround it again the
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poor bastards outnumbered American
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warriors fought through the bunkers of
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pork chop hill and held the line of
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civilization in Korea in the elephant
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grass of Vietnam the first cavalry made
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it stand amid a forest consumed inflamed
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with enemies at every single turn the
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army brought America's righteous fury
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down to al-qaeda in Afghanistan and
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cleared the bloodthirsty killers from
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their caves they liberated Phylicia and
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Mosul and helped liberate and
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obliterator is caliphate just recently
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in Syria 100% God through centuries our
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soldiers have always pointed toward home
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proclaiming this will defend they live
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by the Creed of Douglas MacArthur in war
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there is no substitute for victory they
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are the greatest soldiers on earth
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nearly 250 years ago a volunteer army or
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farmers and shopkeepers blacksmith
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merchants and militiamen risk life and
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limb to secure American liberty and
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self-government this evening we have
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witnessed the noble might of the
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Warriors who continue that legacy they
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guard our birthright with vigilance and
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fierce devotion to the flag and to our
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great country
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now we must go forward as a nation with
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that same unity of purpose as long as we
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stay true to our coast as long as we
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remember our great history as long as we
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never ever stop fighting for a better
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future
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then there will be nothing that America
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can not do
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thank you we will always be the people
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who defeated a tyrant Pross the
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continent harnessed science took to the
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skies and soared into the heavens
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because we will never forget that we are
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Americans and the future belongs to us
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the future belongs to the brave the
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strong the proud and the free we are one
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people chasing one dream and one
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magnificent destiny we all share the
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same heroes the same home the same heart
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and we are all made by the same Almighty
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God
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from the banks of the Chesapeake to the
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cliffs of California from the humming
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shores of the Great Lakes to the sand
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dunes of the Carolinas from the fields
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of the Heartland to the Everglades of
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Florida the spirit of American
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independence will never fade never fail
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but will reign forever and ever and ever
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so once more to every citizen throughout
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our land have a glorious Independence
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Day have a great 4th of July
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I want to thank the Army Band the
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National Park Service the Interior
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Department the incredible pilots
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overhead and those who are making
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possible the amazing fireworks display
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later this evening
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now as the band plays the Battle Hymn of
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the Republic I invite the first lady
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vice president and mrs. pence to service
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secretaries and military leaders to join
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me on stage for one more salute to
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America by the famous incredible
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talented Blue Angels god bless you god
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bless the military and god Bless America
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happy 4th of July
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you
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[Applause]
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[Applause]
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I thank my lucky stars to be living here
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today because the flag still stands for
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free and they can take